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(viii) The right to freedom of opinion and expression;
(ix) The right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
(e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular:
(i) The rights to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work, to
protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work, to just and favourable remuneration;
(ii) The right to form and join trade unions;
(iii) The right to housing;
(iv) The right to public health, medical care, social security and social services;
(v) The right to education and training;
(vi) The right to equal participation in cultural activities;
(f) The right of access to any place or service intended for use by the general public, such as transport
hotels, restaurants, cafes, theatres and parks.
Article 6
States Parties shall assure to everyone within their jurisdiction effective protection and remedies,
through the competent national tribunals and other State institutions, against any acts of racial
discrimination which violate his human rights and fundamental freedoms contrary to this Convention,
as well as the right to seek from such tribunals just and adequate reparation or satisfaction for any
damage suffered as a result of such discrimination.
Article 7
States Parties undertake to adopt immediate and effective measures, particularly in the fields of
teaching, education, culture and information, with a view to combating prejudices which lead to racial
discrimination and to promoting understanding, tolerance and friendship among nations and racial or
ethnical groups, as well as to propagating the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United
Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and this Convention.
PART II
Article 8
1. There shall be established a Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter
referred to as the Committee) consisting of eighteen experts of high moral standing and acknowledged
impartiality elected by States Parties from among their nationals, who shall serve in their personal
capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of
the different forms of civilization as well as of the principal legal systems. 2. The members of the
Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by the States Parties.
Each State Party may nominate one person from among its own nationals.
3. The initial election shall be held six months after the date of the entry into force of this Convention.
At least three months before the date of each election the Secretary-General of the United Nations
shall address a letter to the States Parties inviting them to submit their nominations within two
months. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all persons thus nominated,
indicating the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall submit it to the States Parties.